---
title: "Health Care Coverage Dominates the News"
description: "The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not issue a News Index report this week, but the data is available."
date: "2009-12-28"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2009/12/28/health-care-coverage-dominates-news/"
---

# Health Care Coverage Dominates the News

The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not issue a News Index report this week.

View the week's [Top Ten Story List](/pej_news_coverage_index_top_ten_news_stories_percent_december_2127_2009)

## December 21-27, 2009

### Newspapers

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | Health Care Debate | 27% |

| 2 | Economic Crisis | 9 |

| 3 | Holiday Season | 5 |

| 4 | Goldman Custody Battle | 5 |

| 5 | Afghanistan | 3 |

| 6 | East Coast Winter Storm | 2 |

| 7 | Iran | 2 |

| 8 | NWA Terror Plot | 2 |

| 9 | Obama Administration | 2 |

### Online

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | Health Care Debate | 20% |

| 2 | Economic Crisis | 15 |

| 3 | Holiday Season | 9 |

| 4 | NWA Terror Plot | 7 |

| 5 | Education System | 4 |

| 6 | Mexican Drug War | 3 |

| 7 | US Airline Industry | 3 |

| 8 | East Coast Winter Storm | 2 |

| 9 | War on Terror | 2 |

### Network TV

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | Health Care Debate | 22% |

| 2 | Economic Crisis | 9 |

| 3 | Holiday Season | 7 |

| 4 | Balloon Boy Falcon Heene | 4 |

| 5 | Midwest Winter Storms | 3 |

| 6 | Afghanistan | 3 |

| 7 | Goldman Custody Battle | 3 |

| 8 | East Coast Winter Storm | 2 |

| 9 | Iran | 2 |

### Cable TV

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | Health Care Debate | 20% |

| 2 | Goldman Custody Battle | 11 |

| 3 | DC Plane Overshoots Jamaican Runway | 7 |

| 4 | Economic Crisis | 7 |

| 5 | Holiday Season | 6 |

| 6 | Afghanistan | 5 |

| 7 | East Coast Storm | 5 |

| 8 | Midwest Winter Storms | 4 |

| 9 | Iran | 3 |

### Radio

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | Health Care Debate | 37% |

| 2 | Goldman Custody Battle | 9 |

| 3 | Economic Crisis | 8 |

| 4 | Obama Administration | 6 |

| 5 | Iran | 3 |

| 6 | Iraq War Homefront | 3 |

| 7 | East Coast Winter Storm | 2 |

| 8 | Afghanistan | 2 |

| 9 | 2010 Elections | 2 |

###

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | Health Care Debate | 42% |

| 2 | Economic Crisis | 7 |

| 3 | Afghanistan | 5 |

| 4 | Holiday Season | 4 |

| 5 | Global Warming | 4 |

| 6 | Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | 3 |

| 7 | Midwest Winter Storms | 1 |

| 8 | Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat | 1 |

| 9 | Iraq War Policy Debate | 1 |